Otis Redding’s posthumous albums are coming out as a multi-colored vinyl box set. Otis Forever: The Albums & Singles (1968-1970) compiles six albums and 24 singles. The ’60s’ soul star had a blazing moment during the decade with “These Arms Of Mine” and “Try A Little Tenderness” inContinue Reading
Otis Redding was the tenth artist to record “Try A Little Tenderness” when he included it on his 1966 fifth album. The publishers of the song did not want Redding to record a “negro version” but Aretha Franklin and Sam Cooke had already covered it in 1962 and 1964. PercyContinue Reading
[youtube id=”rTVjnBo96Ug”]Otis Redding and Steve Cropper wrote, “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay” in reference to Redding’s experience of living on a houseboat in 1967 not long after his famed Monterrey Pop Festival performance. Redding sang about leaving his home in Georgia to perform in San Francisco. He noted the ships he saw coming and going as well as the seagulls in theContinue Reading
Otis Redding’s Live At The Whiskey A Go Go: The Complete Recordings came out on CD weeks ago and it will have a vinyl release on Record Store Day’s Black Friday event. The album is a recording of Redding’s three-night engagement at Hollywood’s Whiskey Go Go in 1966. The seven setsContinue Reading